Python: can not import lxml.etree.xmlfile

Question

Trying to use lxml for xml file generation.

in API documentation it is stated that class xmlfile exists: http://lxml.de/api/lxml.etree.xmlfile-class.html

I use import:

from lxml import etree

but when executing getting an error

global name 'xmlfile' is not defined" on line:
with xmlfile(os.path.join(self.path, "filename.xml"), encoding='windows-1251') as xf:

Answer 1

Python import semantics are different than you seem to expect.

from <package> import <name>

doesn't make all names in <name> available.

You need to go through <name> , so in your case etree.xmlfile .

Answer 2

You need to change xmlfile to etree.xmlfile .

 from lxml import etree    ### don't change this

 with etree.xmlfile(os.path.join(self.path, "filename.xml"), encoding='windows-1251') as xf: